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Riacama

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Riacama was named by Ameghino (1899). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cariamidae by Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Carroll (1988); and to Aves by Tambussi et al. (2023).

Species
R. caliginea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Riacama Ameghino
1981Riacama Mourer-Chauviré p. 643
1988Riacama Carroll
2023Riacama Tambussi et al. p. 283

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
genusRiacamaAmeghino 1899

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Riacama Ameghino 1899
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†Riacama caliginea Ameghino 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available